# Need advice for a real time game... socket stream or timer request?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-advice-for-a-real-time-game-socket-stream-or-timer-request/297367>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [September 30, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-advice-for-a-real-time-game-socket-stream-or-timer-request/297367 "2009-09-30T22:58:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![darren884](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@darren884](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/darren884)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-advice-for-a-real-time-game-socket-stream-or-timer-request/297367/1 "2009-09-30T22:58:54Z")

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Would multiple socket streams together be better on a server versus multiple timers sending requests to a server at certain times? Thanks.